Last summer, I visited Hiroshima for the first time in ages during a break in travelling.
Though about 20 years ago I was coming a lot for work, five years have passed since I was last here.
“Horai” with it’s strangely delicious food from Tianjin looks as if it’s management has changed, with restaurant premises being dramatically changed into a trendy bar. I wonder if places that serve meat have increased in downtown? That said I still feel that the laid-back atmosphere of Hiroshima is still there.
I came across​ ​​ ​this magazine​ ​in a local bookstore over the New Year
—Hiroshima Town magazine. But it’s no ordinary town magazine. Though the local mood is hard, it’s different from that in Kansai, not as hot of Kyushu, but as wilfully dark (laugh)​ ​
Drinking corners to hit and places worth visiting, like difficult-to-find clothes stores are also listed.
I think I’ll go to Hiroshima again this year and have another look around.